We’re Hiring! We’re Looking For A Talented Online Writer

Country & Town House is looking for a creative and experienced online writer to join our growing digital team. Our tagline is ‘a life in balance’ and sustainability and championing homegrown talent is at the heart of everything we do. If you want to be a part of this aspirational lifestyle brand and join a growing, independently-run publishing business – we want to hear from you.

Reporting to the Online Editor, the Online Writer’s key responsibility is content creation across all digital platforms, predominantly countryandtownhouse.co.uk. Main responsibilities include pitching and writing news stories and features, working with the sales team across creative commercial projects and working towards traffic growth targets online.

Here’s what a few team members recently said about working at C&TH.

“C&TH is a fun and innovative place to work at. It is fast-paced and stretching but at the same time it’s very rewarding to see the great products we produce. It has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, where everyone’s opinion counts and you feel valued as a member of the team.”

“C&TH is a company that gives you free rein to pitch new ideas and actually act on them, giving everyone a chance to shape the company they work for.”

“Working at C&TH means working with the friendliest, most generous and most passionate team in the business. We work hard, but we have a lot of fun while doing it.”

THE JOB

Reporting to the Online Editor, the Online Writer’s key responsibility is content creation across all digital platforms, predominantly countryandtownhouse.co.uk. Main responsibilities include pitching and writing news stories and features, working with the sales team across creative commercial projects and working towards traffic growth targets online.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Pitch, write, edit and publish news stories and longer features for the website across all areas of the site with one or two specialist pillars to oversee
• Ensuring SEO good practice followed in all online pieces
• Work towards online UU and MPU targets
• Basic photo editing using Photoshop
• Sharing articles with relevant parties/platforms to widen readership and help hit targets
• Brainstorming ideas for online advertorials and writing them alongside the editor/commercial team
• Respond to website enquiries
• Building relationships with PRs
• Contributing to print title where relevant
• Involvement with content creation and ideas throughout the digital business.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Required

• Passionate about digital journalism and the topics covered at Country & Town House
• Experience of writing and editing for an online audience
• Basic knowledge of Photoshop
• Knowledge of SEO
• Experience of using a content management system preferred
• Bursting with ideas and able to write sparkling copy to tight deadlines

Desirable

• Journalism or other relevant degree
• Knowledge of Social Media

TO APPLY

Please send your CV to [email protected] along with your answers to the following questions:

• What does living a balanced life mean to you?
• Which annual holiday do you feel most affinity to and what do you love about it?
• What efforts do you make in your life to live more sustainably?
• What do you like about Countryandtownhouse.co.uk?
• What could you do, personally, to improve it?
• Your proudest achievement?

About Country & Town House

Country & Town House (countryandtownhouse.com) is the go-to destination for trusted, inspiring and uplifting content that enhances our readers’ lifestyles wherever they live and champions living a balanced life. C&TH delivers relevant and inspiring content across its main pillars of Culture, Style, Interiors, Property, Hotels & Travel, Food & Drink and Health & Wellbeing, through print, online, social media, newsletters, podcasts and events. Content, where relevant, is underpinned by helping consumers make better choices when it comes to products and services that highlight sustainability as a driving consideration. C&TH print & digital connects its readers with advertising partners through engaging and influential content across different lifestyle categories.

C&TH has signed up to Race To Zero, pledging to reduce its carbon output by half by 2030, and has an ambition of becoming a B-Corp business, meaning we put planet and people on the same footing as profit.

At C&TH, we see the value in having a diverse range of perspectives within our workforce. We are therefore committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. To help eliminate any potential bias, our recruitment processes include the use of anonymised documentation during short-listing.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re a junior writer looking to take the next step and you’d like to be a part of Country & Town House’s exciting future.